Regulating device for washing sugar.



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Patented May 2, 1916.

JOSEPH SAILER, OF OXNARD, CALIFORNIA.

REGULATING DEVICE FOR WASHING SUG-AR.

' Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1916.

i Application filed August 17, 1911, Serial No. 644,720. l kRenewed June 8, 1914. Serial No. 843,906;

To all whgm At may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SAILER, a citi'-l zen of the United States, and a resident of Oxnard, in Ventura county and State of useful Improvements in Re This invention pertains to regulating devices, `and it has special reference to means for regulating the supply of 4water used 1n washing sugar in the centrifugal machines,

and Vfor automatically shifting the syrup spout, although the invention contemplates a wider range of use, since the regulating and feeding mechanism may be employed for any and lall cifically stated herein. I

In the processv of manufacturing sugar, part of it goesjto what is'called the green, and part to. the'wash, and it is the object of -this mechanism,` to provide a means whereby the water for washing the sugar may be regulated so that la greater or less amount of water will befurnished by the machine during the process and also to shift I the syrup spout.

The plston of the cylinder is regulated as to the extent of its motion by a pair of lingers, which project inwardly. These iingers are connected with a bar which 1s ca` pable of being set at any point .so that 1t limitsthe stroke of the piston, and the four- Way valve supplies water to the cylinder, so thatfit automatically moves the piston back and ,forth by the reversing portion of the lever connected with the four-way valve, as will now be set forth in detail:

of the regulating device for washing sugar,

and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the dis- Below the rods 9 and 1 0, and on a line; v amidway between the ends of the cylinder 3 is a horizontal, transversely disposed, rockpurposes other than spe- In the drawing Figure'lV is a plan view shaft 13 mounted on bearings v14, and one end of this shaft 13, which terminates at a polnt between the rods 9 and 10, is -a vertical standard 15, which carries at its upper end apalr of oppositely projecting arms 16, sllghtly curved, as shown, which arms are designed to engage with the tripping iingers 12, on the rods 9 and 10.

The horizontal rock-shaft 13 is designed to carry the syrup spout 17, which issuspended on a bail 18. `The upper end of the bail has a vertical slot 19, so that it may be vertically adjusted l a limited distance, as well as swung to any desired angle with reference to the position of the. vertical stem 15. l

Each of the cylinder heads/4 and 5 has an inwardly-projecting stem 20, which 'passes through suitable stuffing boxes, asat 21, and these stems are held at their outer ends by downwardly projecting arms 22, the upper ends of which slide loosely on a guide arm 23 attached to the parallel projecting brackets 24 integral with Vthe cylinder heads.

Intermediate the stem 20, and guide rod. 'i j 23 is a rod 25, which passes through the bracket 24, and a pair of collars 26 on the opposite sides of one of the brackets 24 serves to prevent longitudinal movement of this rod. 'Ihe rod 25 also passes through the threaded openings in the arms 22. The rod 25 is provided at its opposite ends with right and left hand screws, so that when the rod 25 is turned by the hand wheel 27, in either direction, the arms 22 are both moved andthus cause the stems 20 to simultaneously move inwardly or outwardly, as the Case may be, Vand limit the reciprocating motion `of the piston 8.

A gage 28 is attached to one of the ngers 22, as shown at 29, and projects over one of vthe brackets 24, and a finger 30 attached'to the cylinder head 5, serves to indicateseither the distance that the stem 20` projects into thecylinder, or it may serve to lindicate the quantity of waterwhich the cylinder will contain between the ends of lthe stems 20. For this `purpose the gage has vertical division lines or marks, as shown, which pass beneath the indicating linger 30.

The cylinder is supplied with'rv'vater through the main inlet pipe 31, which connects with the four-way valve 32, each cyl- Linder head being connected up with the fouriway valve by .a pipe'33, and the discharge'end of the four-way .valve has a hose 34. y

The operating lever 35, of the valve, which is designed to reverse the piston, is limited in its swinging motion by stops 36, placed at suitable points. g

,The operation of the device is as follows: Water is supplied t0 the apparatus through the inlet pipe 31, and we/will assume that the operating. lever 35, of the four-way valve, is swung to the right, as indicated by quantity of water discharged.

At the same time the piston rod 7,*in its movement back and forth, carries therewith l the parallel rods 9 and 10, and as the vdog 11 is adjustably connected with these bars, the fingers 12, connected therewith, come into engagement with the arms 16, which rock the spout 17, so that each tripping iinger 12 will cause the syrup spout to swing in only one direction, and by means of which the swinging position or movement of the spout may be changed to take eect at any point in the strokeof the piston.

What I claim-as new, is

In a regulating device for-[washing sugar, a cylinder having a piston rod therethrough, a piston mounted on said rod an inwardly, projecting stem'through each cylinder head, means 'for simultaneously moving said stems inwardly' to limit the stroke of the piston, and a ,gage for indicating the quantity of liquid discharged at each stroke' of the piston.-

Signed at the city and county of Los Angeles, State of California, this 18th day of May, 1911, in the presence of witnesses.

JOSEPH SAILER.

' Witnesses:

H. D. HANsEoM, J. S..ZERBE. 

